Where are the major concentrations of internally displaced people around the world?

Why do they become displaced?

Questioning
Reinforcement of students' understanding of refugees.

Students are asked for their impressions of why, when persecuted or in danger, hundreds of thousands of people sometimes do not flee across borders, i.e. to think of reasons why these people do not become refugees.

Map work
Students examine the annotated map to see that regions afflicted with violent conflict produce internally displaced people.

Discussion of the root causes of internal displacement, starting from descriptions from the maps.

During the 'Day of Documentation' in Ciudad Bolivar, UNHCR's Mobile Registration Unit helped the local internally displaced people apply for identification cards. Identity documents are key to gaining access to state humanitarian aid, such as health care, education and credit and bank loans.

Violent conflict on both sides of the Chad/Sudan border has displaced tens of thousands of people. The Chad home page provides links to information about this particular humanitarian crisis where refugees and IDPs are found on both sides of an international border.